International Wine Guild National Training Center

Event Details

This course is our Level II Certification. It is designed to
prepare you for a management level position as a wine buy (or F&B), a
head sommelier, event planner, a buyer for a wine shop or restaurant,
or to be a sales person with a distributor or importer. We have even had
numerous wine makers take this course.

The Advanced Wine Course includes:

Component Tasting

French Wine

Italian Wine

German and Austrian Wine

Spanish and Portuguese Wine, including fortified wines

Greek Wine

North American Wine

Australia and New Zealand Wine

South American Wine

South African Wine

Event Planning

Wine List Development

Formal Sommelier Service (and practical exam)

Descriptive, Comparative and Technical Wine Evaluation

Diploma, Guild pin and membership card

Plus - 700+ pages of course material specifically developed for this course, and approximately 65 wines to taste.

The 1-week intensive study course meets from 8:30AM to 5:30PM daily,
Monday through Sunday, for a total of 60 contact hours. Course fees are
$1975. Cost of the course includes registration fees, handouts, wine,
lunch each day and instruction. We taste older vintage wines in this
course. There is no difference in course content and instruction between
the 12-week and 1-week courses.